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Popping the question is daunting for anyone. There's the task of getting the parents to say yes, getting the ring right, then actually getting them to say yes. Which all boils down to one moment on one knee.

And to make sure that goes well, you really need to get the location right. The people of Leicestershire are never ones to be outdone, so they have chosen a fair few quirky and spectacular spots in recent years.

After one foolhardy rugby fan popped the question at Welford Road Stadium last week, we take a look at some of the most unusual proposals from county residents:

King Power Stadium

A steward at a Leicester City game decided to ask his love to spend the rest of her life with him in front of a huge crowd of football fans at a match.

Although a date had already been set for the wedding, Frank Kempster, 66, of Fleckney, had not yet properly proposed to Kate Law and decided to do it at half-time during a City match.

He popped the question on New Year’s Eve in 2016 at the Foxes’ home game against West Ham, which they went on to win 1-0.

Frank said he was a bag of nerves beforehand.

He said: “When I was stood in the tunnel I was shaking, but when I walked out on to the pitch I felt fine.”

As she said yes, the crowd applauded.

Kate, 52, said: “Half of me wanted to kill him and the other half loved him because he did it in front of all those people.”

King Power Stadium (Photo by Tony Marshall/Getty Images)

Hogwarts

Romantic Ryan Clarke, from Narborough, got down on one knee to pop the question outside the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, at the Universal Studios, in Florida.

Ryan, 26, got passing fellow tourists to film the moment he pulled the diamond solitaire ring out from a golden snitch in January 2018.

Ryan, a website manager, said: “As soon as I showed her the ring Kirsty started crying.

Once the trailer ended, Dougie walked into an auditorium in Cineworld, Hinckley, and proposed to his girlfriend.

Dougie, from Hinckley, said: “I wanted to do something a bit more special than a restaurant.”

He walked into the cinema crowd to ask, after the special movie played

After winning a rugby match

Rugby player Matt Cox rounded off the perfect evening after helping his team win a county cup final – then winning his girlfriend’s heart with a surprise marriage proposal right after the match.

The 26-year-old fly-half was part of the Melton RFC side which narrowly defeated Syston RFC in a nip-and-tuck 17-16 victory to win the Senior County Cup final at Leicester Tigers’ ground last week.

He duped girlfriend Beth Pick, 27, into joining him on the pitch, on the pretext of having her picture taken with the trophy. Once there, he dropped to one knee, pulled the ring from his sock and asked her to become his wife.

“Thankfully, she said ‘yes’”, said software salesman Matt, with a sigh of relief. “It would have been pretty awkward if she’d said ‘no’.”

He confessed the proposal would have had to take place at another time and place if his team had lost.